(astronautics) A section or piece of a launch vehicle, rocket, or spacecraft that enters the atmosphere unprotected behind the nose cone or other body that is protected for entry.
(astronomy) A companion body that trails a satellite or spacecraft.
(nautical) The part of a vessel abaft midships.
The afterpart of a vehicle.
agroforestry
agroforestry
noun
An agricultural approach of using the interactive benefits from combining trees and shrubs with crops and/or livestock.
alcyoniform
alkylarylsulfonate
amplificatory
amplificatory
adj
Serving to amplify or enlarge; amplificative.
amygdaliferous
amygdaliferous
adj
almond-bearing
amygdaliform
amygdaliform
adj
(mycology) Shaped like an almond.
amyliferous
anfractuosity
anfractuosity
noun
A winding channel or crevice, such as occur in the depths of the sea or in mountains.
One of the fissures (sulci) separating the convolutions of the brain, or, by analogy, in the mind.
anticonformity
anticonformity
noun
A form of individualism that is an active rejection of conformity
antifibrinolysin
antifibrinolysis
antiinflammatory
antiinflammatory
adj
Uncommon spelling of anti-inflammatory.
apterygiformes
archaeopterygiformes
archconfraternity
archconfraternity
noun
(Roman Catholicism) A religious confraternity that, as a special concession of the Holy See, can join or affiliate with, and extend privileges to, other similar brotherhoods.
babyproofed
babyproofed
adj
Made babyproof.
babyproofing
babyproofing
noun
The act or process of making babyproof.
ballyllumford
benefactory
benefactory
adj
Yielding benefit; doing good.
noun
One who gives benefit to others; a benefactor.
bifariously
bifariously
adv
In a bifarious manner.
buffaloberry
buffaloberry
noun
Any of several shrubs, of the genus Shepherdia, native to North America.
The edible berry of these plants.
calefactory
calefactory
adj
warming
noun
(architecture) The room or building in a monastery holding its communal fire, kept warm and used as a sitting room.
A warming pan, or similar device used by a priest to warm his hands
calorifically
calorifically
adv
In a calorific manner
calorify
calyciferous
calyciferous
adj
Bearing the calyx.
calycifloral
calycifloral
adj
(botany) Having the petals and stamens adnate to the calyx; applied to a subclass of dicotyledonous plants in the system of the French botanist Candolle.
calyciflorate
calyciflorous
calyciflorous
adj
(botany) calycifloral
calyciform
calyciform
adj
(botany) Having the form or appearance of a calyx.
calyptriform
calyptriform
adj
Having the form of a calyptra.
carbonify
carbonify
verb
To convert to carbon; to burn or caramelize.
carryforward
carryforward
noun
(accounting, taxation) An income tax loss or credit not usable in the current year that can be applied to offset income or taxes paid, respectively, in subsequent tax years.
cauliflory
cauliflory
noun
The quality of being cauliflorous.
certificatory
certificatory
adj
Serving to certify something.
noun
(archaic) A certificate.
chylifactory
chylifactory
adj
Alternative form of chylifactive
chylificatory
classificatory
classificatory
adj
Serving to classify.
comfortability
comfortability
noun
Synonym of comfort (“contentment, ease”)
Synonym of comfortableness (“the quality or state of being comfortable or relaxed”)
comfortably
comfortably
adv
Easily; without effort or difficulty.
In a comfortable manner.
confabulatory
confabulatory
adj
colloquial
confabulating (fabricating)
conversational
confectionary
confectionary
adj
Prepared as a confection.
Relating to, or of the nature of confections or their production.
noun
(dated) A confectioner's shop; a confectionery.
(obsolete) A place where confections are manufactured, stored; a confectory.
(obsolete) One who makes confections; a confectioner.
(uncountable, rare) Candy, sweets, taken collectively; confectionery.
A candy, sweetmeat; a confection.
confederacy
confederacy
noun
(politics) A state where the sovereign constituent units delegate their authority to the centre. As opposed to a federation, where the central and regional governments are each equal and sovereign in their own sphere.
An alliance.
Specifically, an instance of a decentralized governing structure among the indigenous peoples of North America.
confessary
confessary
noun
(obsolete) One who makes a confession.
confessionary
confessionary
adj
Of or relating to confession.
noun
A confessional.
A manual or guide to making confession.
confidentiary
configurationally
configurationally
adv
With regard to a configuration
confirmability
confirmability
noun
The state or property of being capable of being confirmed.
confirmatively
confirmatively
adv
With confirmation from other sources
confirmatorily
confirmatorily
adv
So as to confirm something.
confirmatory
confirmatory
adj
Serving to confirm something.
confiscatory
confiscatory
adj
Using confiscation
conflagratory
conflagratory
adj
That tends to produce conflagration; inflammatory
conforbably
conformability
conformability
noun
conformableness
conformably
conformably
adv
With or in conformity; suitably; agreeably.
conformationally
conformationally
adv
(chemistry) With respect to the conformation of a molecule
confraternity
confraternity
noun
(countable) A group with a common interest.
(countable) A religious fraternity or brotherhood.
(uncountable) Brotherly friendship.
corticifugally
corticifugally
adv
In a corticifugal manner.
counterfactually
counterfactually
adv
In a counterfactual way.
counterfallacy
counterfallacy
noun
A fallacy that opposes another fallacy.
counterinflationary
counterinflationary
adj
(economics) Counteracting inflation.
cryptoinflationist
crystalliferous
crystalliferous
adj
Containing or producing crystals
crystalliform
crystalliform
adj
In the form of a crystal.
curryfavour
cyanformate
cyanformic
cyathiform
cyathiform
adj
In the form of a cup, a little widened at the top.
cycadiform
cycloparaffin
cycloparaffin
noun
(chemistry) A cycloalkane.
cymbaeform
cypraeiform
cystofibroma
cystofibroma
noun
(pathology) A fibroma containing cysts
cytodifferentiation
cytodifferentiation
noun
The morphological development of undifferentiated cells into more specialised ones
dayflower
dayflower
noun
Any of several plants, of the genus Commelina, whose flowers last only a day
dayflowers
dayflowers
noun
plural of dayflower
defamatory
defamatory
adj
damaging to someone's reputation, especially if untrue
defiatory
defiatory
adj
(obsolete) Bidding or manifesting defiance.
defibrillatory
deflationary
deflationary
adj
(philosophy, logic) Belonging or relating to a family of theories claiming that assertions that predicate truth of a statement do not attribute a property called truth to such a statement.
Associated with or tending to cause deflation.
deformability
deformability
noun
(countable) A measure of the extent to which something is deformable (under standard conditions)
(uncountable) The state of being deformable
deificatory
deificatory
adj
Serving to deify or make into a god.
diatrymiformes
dihdroxycholecalciferol
discomfortably
disconformably
disconformably
adv
In a disconformable manner
disinflationary
disinflationary
adj
(economics) Exhibiting or causing reduced inflation.
dissatisfactorily
dissatisfactory
dissatisfactory
adj
Causing dissatisfaction.
dragonfly
dragonfly
noun
An insect of the suborder Epiprocta or, more strictly, the infraorder Anisoptera, having four long transparent wings held perpendicular to a long body when perched.
edificatory
edificatory
adj
Tending to edification.
effluviography
effluviography
noun
(photography, obsolete) The effects upon the dry photographic plate of certain electric emanations, including those later known as the X-rays.
efractory
electroaffinity
enforceability
enforceability
noun
The quality of being enforceable.
epididymodeferential
exfoliatory
exfoliatory
adj
Relating to, or performing, exfoliation.
facilitatory
facilitatory
adj
That serves to facilitate.
factionary
factionary
adj
(obsolete) Belonging to a faction; partisan; taking sides.
factorability
factorability
noun
(mathematics) The condition of being factorable.
factorially
factorially
adv
(mathematics) According to a factorial series or ratio.
factory
factory
adj
(colloquial, of a configuration, part, etc.) Having come from the factory in the state it is currently in; original, stock.
noun
(UK, slang) A police station.
(chiefly Scotland, now rare) The position or state of being a factor.
(now historical) A trading establishment, especially set up by merchants working in a foreign country.
(programming) In a computer program or library, a function, method, etc. which creates an object.
A building or other place where manufacturing takes place.
A device or process that produces or manufactures something.
A factory farm.
factorylike
factorylike
adj
Resembling a factory in any of various respects
factoryship
factoryville
fadmongery
faggotry
faggotry
noun
(offensive, derogatory, slang) The stereotypical behaviours of a faggot (male homosexual) or homosexuality in general.
(offensive, slang) Contemptible actions in general.
fagopyrism
fagopyrism
noun
Photosensitivity of the skin caused by the ingestion of fagopyrin.
fagopyrismus
fagopyrismus
noun
Dated form of fagopyrism.
fagopyrum
fairydom
fairydom
noun
The realm or sphere of fairies.
fairyfloss
fairyfloss
noun
Alternative spelling of fairy floss
fairyfolk
fairyfolk
noun
Alternative form of fairy folk
fairyhood
fairyhood
noun
The state or period of being a fairy.
fairyologist
fairyologist
noun
One who studies fairyology.
fairyology
fairyology
noun
The study of fairies.
faithworthy
faithworthy
adj
(archaic) trustworthy
falconry
falconry
noun
The sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey, especially falcons and hawks.
faldistory
faldistory
noun
(obsolete) The throne or seat of a bishop within the chancel.
fameworthy
fameworthy
adj
Worthy or deserving of fame.
fancymonger
fancymonger
noun
(obsolete) A lovemonger; a whimsical lover.
fancywork
fancywork
noun
Decorative embroidery.
fangotherapy
fantasmagorically
faradocontractility
faradocontractility
noun
The tendency of muscles to contract under the influence of an induced electric current
farforthly
farinaceously
farinaceously
adv
In a farinaceous manner.
farinosely
farmhousey
farmhousey
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a farmhouse.
fauntleroy
favorability
favorability
noun
Something which is favorable
The quality or degree of being viewed favorably
favorably
favorably
adv
In a favorable manner.
favoredly
favoringly
favoringly
adv
In a favoring way.
favourably
favourably
adv
(Britain, Canada) In a favourable manner.
favouredly
favouredly
adv
(obsolete) In a favoured or favourable manner; favourably.
favouringly
favouringly
adv
In a favouring way.
fearsomely
fearsomely
adv
In a fearsome manner, or to a fearsome extent
fecundatory
fecundatory
adj
Of or relating to fecundation.
fellatory
fellatory
adj
Pertaining to fellatio.
femorococcygeal
feodary
feodary
noun
(UK, law) An ancient officer of the Court of Wards
An accomplice.
feodatory
feodatory
adj
Obsolete spelling of feudatory
fermentatory
fermentatory
adj
Of or relating to fermentation.
ferricyanogen
ferricyanogen
noun
(chemistry) A hexavalent radical, Fe₂(CN)₁₂, a compound of cyanogen and iron in the ferric state.
ferrihydrocyanic
ferroalloy
ferroalloy
noun
Any alloy of iron and another metal, especially one of silicon, manganese, chromium, vanadium, tungsten, titanium and molybdenum; used in the production of specialist steels as they have a lower melting point than the pure metal.